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Sex,
Age & Death Review
We
would like to thank Jane
Rabalaise, Contributing Editor of rewireviews.com
for
granting us permission to feature this article.
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Why
not call it Tunes of Murder for all the power it exerts!
The only question I would have to Mr. Geldof if
I were to meet him is, "where the hell have you
been hiding this all those years?" 'One For Me',
the opener, is a soft rockish song with a
bluesy twang. Sounding unlike the rest of them on the
disc, it comes as a strong prelude. You don't know what
to expect-almost as if Geldof is showing off his vocal
muscles tickling himself for the surprise of '$6,000,000
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All
speculation aside, the song defies classification
except possibly as a lullaby for the senile. Not to fool
you, it will move you-especially with the odd harmonics
of the African-sounding backing vocals. 'Pale White
Girls' is Herculean in delivery. It's an epic on
the level of Elbow's
'New Born' although radically different in sound. Geldof's
voice layers an ethereal emotion-you're taken as he lets
all know, "My permission to bleed. Has been
guaranteed. By the one. Whose approval I need."Needless
to say, the remaining seven tracks will grab you no less.
If you're an old-timer and remember Pink Floyd
as the band of the previous century, let it be
known that
the future holds many gems of the past. Otherwise, if nu-Metal
is your thrill, you need to listen to these lyrics-they're
a frustration of something that's actually tangible.
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